A calendar from 1964 advertising Otey's Center, which included a supermarket, launderette, shoe shop, and a realty company. Flem B. Otey headed the Otey Enterprises firm which was comprised of the various operations highlighted on the calendar. ...

A photograph of an unidentified Tennessee National Guardsman hugging a girl carrying a flower. The soldier is one of 63 members of the 130th Rear Area Operations Center, which returned to the Grubbs-Kyle Training Center at the Smyrna Armory on...

A photograph of Coast Guard sailor Victor Cooley (left) and an unidentified sailor aboard the destroyer escort, USS Mosley (DE-321), one of several Navy vessels manned by Coast Guard crews during World War II. The Mosley served on patrol in the...

A photograph of Danny Davenport with the National Guard captain who provided emergency supplies when the Davenports’ neighborhood in Ashland City was surrounded by water during the May 2010 flood.
Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010...

A photograph of Lockeland Baptist Church located at 1601 Holly Street, Nashville, Tennessee. The Lockeland Baptist congregation was founded in 1903, and according to the Sacred Sites Project survey form, the main church was built in 1929. A...

A photograph of the Tennessee Highway Patrol helicopter that brought supplies to the Davenports and their neighborhood during the May 2010 flood when their neighborhood in Ashland City was surrounded by water.
Forms part of the Nashville Room...

A photograph of the Tennessee National Guard building and truck at Nashville Municipal Airport with signage saying “Join the new Tennessee National Guard, Earn, Learn, Serve.” The National Guard continued to be based at the Nashville Airport after...

A photograph of the train shed at Nashville's Union Station at Broadway and 10th Avenue just to the west of the downtown area, circa 1936. Union Station is a former railroad terminal opened in 1900 to serve the passenger operations of the eight...

A photograph of two pilots, Richard "Bulgey" Dotterer (left) and Clarence E. Louden, during World War II. This photograph was later used in a tape for national broadcast that set out to show the everyday life of men serving in the war. Dotterer...

A postcard of Nashville's Union Station. The former railroad terminal opened in 1900 to serve the passenger operations of the eight railroads then providing passenger service to Nashville, Tennessee. The station is located on Broadway at Tenth...

A postcard of Nashville's Union Station. The former railroad terminal opened in 1900 to serve the passenger operations of the eight railroads then providing passenger service to Nashville, Tennessee. The station is located on Broadway at Tenth...

A postcard of Nashville's Union Station. The former railroad terminal opened in 1900 to serve the passenger operations of the eight railroads then providing passenger service to Nashville, Tennessee. The station is located on Broadway at Tenth...

A postcard of the railroad terminals behind Union Station and the train shed. The station opened in 1900 to serve the passenger operations of the eight railroads then providing passenger service to Nashville, Tennessee. Forms part of the...

A postcard of the Tennessee State Penitentiary, located off of Centennial Boulevard in West Nashville. Built in 1897, this structure takes on the appearance of a Gothic castle. At the time of its construction, this building was considered one of...

A scene from a Capitol Airways flight to California, circa 1960s. Several persons on that trip were wearing buttons that read: “Litton Rand Official.” Capitol Airways was founded in 1946 and ended operations in 1982. The airline was also known...

A scene from a Capitol Airways flight to California, circa 1960s. Several persons on that trip were wearing buttons that read: “Litton Rand Official.” Capitol Airways was founded in 1946 and ended operations in 1982. The airline was also known...

A scene from the Genesco Industrial Park (1415 Murfreesboro Road) ribbon cutting ceremony in Nashville, Tennessee on August 5th, 1962. Genesco was originally founded as the Jarman Shoe Company in 1924 as a footwear manufacturer, they were later...

A scene from the Genesco Industrial Park (1415 Murfreesboro Road) ribbon cutting ceremony in Nashville, Tennessee on August 5th, 1962. Genesco was originally founded as the Jarman Shoe Company in 1924 as a footwear manufacturer, they were later...

A scene from the Genesco Industrial Park (1415 Murfreesboro Road) ribbon cutting ceremony in Nashville, Tennessee on August 5th, 1962. Genesco was originally founded as the Jarman Shoe Company in 1924 as a footwear manufacturer, they were later...

A scene from the Genesco Industrial Park (1415 Murfreesboro Road) ribbon cutting ceremony in Nashville, Tennessee on August 5th, 1962. Genesco was originally founded as the Jarman Shoe Company in 1924 as a footwear manufacturer, they were later...